I was thinking about paper again but in the context of digital fatigue and how we might still raise awareness of screening even when a digital tool is absent. It always seemed strange to me that the NHS has no merch or official museum (the 2015 Sportsbanger t-shirt doesn’t count). Not because it should spend… Continue reading Weeknote 14: thinking about NHS merch
Weeknote 13: remember, remember
I have been organising a paper conference for the last few years so naturally I get interested in paper at work. We have a bias towards eliminating paper as much as possible both in population facing interactions (invitation or reminder letters) and clinical contexts (for clinicians or admin staff using software). The latter is the… Continue reading Weeknote 13: remember, remember
Sunday Scraps #127
A fabulous documentary about Andy Warhol / a Pride Poppy pin / a lovely blog post about product people / the new Apple home screen is the least elegant smart home display I’ve seen in a long time / John made some lovely cards for anyone looking to work on their climate work / a… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #127
Sunday Scraps #126 (Venice edition)
I just came back from a few days in Venice for the art biennale so wanted to share some of my favourite works as it’s still on till November 22nd. Here they are, in order of how much I loved them: Canicula, a series of 8 films at the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto (an old care home)… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #126 (Venice edition)
Weeknote 11: on being in love with the sound of your own advice
My Bluesky profile includes a quote from a poem (probably) by St Teresa of Ávila which I discovered a few years ago. One of the stanzas goes: With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but You know, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end.… Continue reading Weeknote 11: on being in love with the sound of your own advice
Weeknote 10: 6 months in
This week was the start of month 6 as Head of UCD in Digital Screening in NHS England. Here are some things I am thinking about: The NHS is not one place, it’s a network of businesses and trusts held together by a common understanding of risk. The closest I ever came to this was… Continue reading Weeknote 10: 6 months in
Weeknote 9: on drawing dragons
Design is one of the most authoritarian and annoying practices that modernity has created. – Antonio Caronia in ‘What Design Can’t Do’ by Silvio Lorusso Had a big week at work last week. It was overwhelming to see how much press our work on HPV self-testing at home got. My comms colleagues are geniuses really.… Continue reading Weeknote 9: on drawing dragons
Sunday Scraps #125
It’s felt like a long week for some reason. Maybe it’s the lunar eclipse, maybe it’s the end of a long oppressively hot summer. In any case I’m delighted to have a few days to reset under the rain. Dolly Parton’s song was inspired by 9to5, a 1970s feminist movement in Boston / I generally… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #125
Sunday Scraps #124
Wrote most of this in YUL airport in anticipation of the horrible jetlag I’m suffering from. Past me was smart. I don’t really know how I feel about comparing how the Victorians lived to our own predicament. Consumer products are such a poor metric for societal progress. / A growing number of friends have been… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #124
Weeknote 8: what it means to be a designer in the NHS
I’m on holiday so I shouldn’t really be writing a weeknote but I’m getting lots of designers reaching out to me on Linkedin who have never worked in the NHS, wanting to work there. This is my personal view and not my employer’s. Being a designer in the public sector might not mean a public… Continue reading Weeknote 8: what it means to be a designer in the NHS